James 1:10

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James 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

In

1 Timothy 6:17

Because

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Bible References

In

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

“

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of

knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

Because

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

You have swept them away like a flood, they

fall asleep;

In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

My days are like a

lengthened shadow,

And I wither away like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”

All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.

For,
“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

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“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.

But he who boasts is to boast in the Lord.